Spring Season '08

the review finally came out, with a load of fanservice and generic ones, but there's 4 that interest me o:

Allison & Lillia
http://allison-web.net/
Premieres April 3rd, 2008
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 23:32
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-4): Thursdays at 10:32
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, syoboi
Based on the novels by the author of Kino no Tabi, Allison & Lillia is a series that will take place in two halves. The first half is set in a 1940s era world where a war has been raging for a long time, and the main character Allison is an air force pilot. She and her childhood friend set out to find some treasure that can end the war, and apparently they succeed because the second half of the series features their daughter Lillia and her boyfriend in a post-war environment. This is a Madhouse series being broadcast on NHK, so it’s hard not to be reminded of Dennou Coil, but this has a different production crew working on it and has a completely different feel. The characters here look interesting enough, but this is airing on a Thursday, so it’s in competition with a lot of other series, and I wasn’t particularly impressed by the promo video. Mizuki Nana fans might also want to take note because she plays Allison here.

my own thoughts: KINO NO TABI FOR THE WIN! it is a lovely (read weird) series about this girl that travels with a talking motercycle. Uhh, this one sounds interesting as well?

SOUL EATER
http://www.souleater.tv/
Premieres April 7th, 2008
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Mondays at 18:00
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-4): Mondays at 5:00
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB, syoboi
Soul Eater is a fun series about a group of Shinigami students who are after 99 human souls and 1 witch soul so that they can change their partner weapons into Death Scythes. I was a little surprised when it was announced that BONES would be animating this because the manga has a very distinct style that can be a bit crude at times, so I had a hard time imagining this being done by almost the exact same team that did Ouran (in fact, both Sakamoto Maaya and Miyano Mamoru are voicing characters here too). Still, having that BONES team work on this can’t be a bad thing. The added gimmick here is that there are two versions of this series airing every week: a regular 6PM version and a late night version that’ll supposedly have additional stuff. However, the late night version doesn’t air until three days after the regular version does, so if I do end up blogging this, I’d probably be following the regular one.

my own thoughts: the numbers are interesting (aiiii, I've been using that word a lot). 99 and 1? Also because BONES is working on it, think they did Ouran?

Kaiba
http://www.wowow.co.jp/anime/kaiba/
Premieres April 10th, 2008
Airtime in Japan (JST, GMT+9): Thursdays at 24:00
Airtime in U.S. (EST, GMT-4): Thursdays at 11:00
Information Links: ANN Encyclopedia, AnimeNfo, AniDB
Madhouse is also putting out Kaiba (no, not the Yu-Gi-Oh character), a surreal looking series by director Yuasa Masaaki. It takes place in a world where people’s memories can be stored in databanks and transferred to new bodies. The title character awakens with no memories and only a pendant with a photo of a girl, and he meets various people and regains those memories in his travels across the stars as he tries to figure out who he is. Noto Mamiko, Kuwashima Houko, and Paku Romi are all in this, but to be honest, it’s not the cast or the artistic style I’m most interested in, it’s the opening song. It’s featured in one of the promo videos and has an ethereal quality that, when paired with the animation, make me really want to watch this. Unfortunately, this is another Thursday show, so it might be hard to fit this into the schedule.

The little image beside it is so cute!

the concept is also...uhhh...original?

Oh nevermind. that's only three o_o Wonder what happened to the other ones haha.
Some other interesting (that word again!) ones are:
- Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
-Himitsu (Top Secret) ~The Revelation I would watch this one if it wasn't so gore-y)
- Special A
- Kamen no Maid Guy (sounds familiar...very)
- Amatsuki
- kure-nai
http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2008/03/31/spring-2008-preview/

If only I had more time!